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Examples:nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year—Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)—one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. work for a bit then skimp—progress (or increase, change etc) day by day—third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)—lit. fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)—reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)—memorial activity 35 days after a person's death—cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war—lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day—pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands—lit. Train an army for a thousand days use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off—No flower can bloom for a hundred days.—for several days running—a lunar month of 30 days—the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed be the coldest days of the year—the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day—Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)—last ten days of the lunar month—lit. Train an army for a thousand days use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off—the winter days are short and the nights long [idiom.]—three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof rip the tiles [idiom.]—Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt reform the Qing dynasty—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not be mentioned in the same breath—fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment—Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province—lit. make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil—day that is named but not numbered (on ethnic calendar)—ancient area of modern day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province—small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province—Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China—three nine day periods after the winter solstice—Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)—Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)—Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)—dismiss students at the end of the school day—ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing—dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)—lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day—All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)—Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14—red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby—Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for youths of 14 and upwards—vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces—Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar—lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress—stop work for the day (generally of laborers)—night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort—Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)—a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month—make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour—a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy—a single day apart seems like three seasons [idiom.]—any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)—eat three square meals a day and do no work [idiom.]— |